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Jet crashRockville wrote:Several wounded in Thai jet crash
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Correct, confirmation at URL: http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... 20090804-0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;T7 wrote:Photo at nu.nl suggests it is HS-PGL.
So if a car went off the road and had a head-on collision with a building it wouldn't be a crash?Hurricane wrote:Why does everybody call it a crash as in fact this is skid of runway and a head-on-collision with a building ??
Chris.The pilot of a Thai plane has been killed and seven passengers injured as it skidded off the runway while landing on the tourist island of Koh Samui.
The Bangkok Airways flight, carrying 72 people, hit an old and unmanned control tower amid reports of heavy rain.
I called it a crash as that is what the news sites called it this morning, when not much was known yet.Why does everybody call it a crash as in fact this is skid of runway and a head-on-collision with a building ??
There is much more drama shown then actually involved
I have been to Koh Samui to two years ago... it should be really angry times for the waiting passengers in the 'terminal' as they have runway view all the time...Optimus wrote:As I've been to Samui many times, I'm glad that, however the accident is very tragic, the aircraft went off the runway on this side. On the other side of the runway you'll find ditches, the platform and the 'open' terminal buildings which are relatively close to the runway.
On a sidenote: I would fly Bangkok Airways anytime. Great airline!
Edit: Hurricane is correct. I'd rather call it an accident.
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